Best Assassin armor combo

Shrouded Armour is the best choice IMO.
The best defense is a good offense.

Extra life or extra defense means you're an assassin that is expecting to take HITS. That's what Shadow Arts is for.
You really should be looking to be an assassin focused on KILLING. I'd have to disagree on this point. Offense is certainly important, but defense is also important if you plan to stay alive long enough to kill multiple people. Shadow Arts skills may help compensate for having lower armor, but on the other hand, having higher armor can make you more durable therefore freeing up skill slots for offensive skills. The difference between Nightstalker and Shrouded chest/legs is only 5 energy if I remember correctly, so I'd say having +15 armor while attacking is generally going to be more useful.

I'd have to disagree on this point. Offense is certainly important, but defense is also important if you plan to stay alive long enough to kill multiple people. Shadow Arts skills may help compensate for having lower armor, but on the other hand, having higher armor can make you more durable therefore freeing up skill slots for offensive skills. The difference between Nightstalker and Shrouded chest/legs is only 5 energy if I remember correctly, so I'd say having +15 armor while attacking is generally going to be more useful. * An assassin is not a player type to take on and kill multiple people IMO. If you want to do that, a warrior is more suitable. Assassins need to choose ONE mark at a time.

* If you want to be more durable, it means you're taking hits. If you're taking hits, you should be a warrior. Also, if you're taking sustained hits, you're being too slow about your task. The assassin's best armour is cowardice...errr...sort of...."strategic retreat"?

* 7 extra energy almost pays the entire cost of Critical Defenses. I'm not sure about you, but I think the best armour of all is evasion.

i agree with Narcism, if u run assassin well, you just gain energy w/o a problem but he said instead of the + energy he used +hp armour,, when it is a well proven fact that +5 armour keeps you alive longer than +30 hp, so surely +15 armour when attacking would work better than +35hp..

The difference is generally only going to be 5 energy, since you would be using Shrouded gloves/boots regardless. However, with Nightstalker chest/legs you'd have +15 AL while attacking vs 62.5% of hits. +5e only affects your max energy, not your rate of regen. If you have high enough CS to be using Critical Defenses effectively, then you should have enough energy management without needing +5 max energy imo. Not to mention that if you're chaining attacks, your energy pool will probably not return to full during combat. The +15 AL, on the other hand, will give continuous damage reduction vs all types, not just melee/arrows that would be prevented by Critical Defenses.

Assassins do shine at killing single targets, but the thing is you'll rarely ever fight a single enemy. If you do, that means his entire team is dead and you've basically won already. If the enemy team is smart, they won't just let you hammer away uninhibited on one of their friends. Fighting multiple targets is the default situation, even if you're only trying to kill one of them at the moment.

I suppose you could chalk it up to personal preference, but I think +armor almost always beats out +energy. The only real exception would be on a warrior, since they have much higher base AL. Assassins don't have that luxury so I'd go for the extra defense. I agree completely. Add in a Zealous mod and maybe even on a +5 energy weapon (if you want to sacrifice +15^50) into one of you weapon sets and your well suited for most situations and the inevitable long drawn out battles to come.